Guest: Alissa Daniel Viking Aircraft Engines is a family run grassroots company based in Florida. Alissa talks with us about being a community, a little about what Viking is doing, and her new project: learning to fly. How dedicated is Alissa to Viking? Fur in Florida dedicated. Evadot Podcast #115 - Alissa from Viking Host: Michael... Continue Reading →
Adding to the virtual airplane workshop stuff from earlier today, there are some Sonex folks who are mourning the Sonex Fly in being cancelled. The decided to do their best to do it online. Sure, it wont be quite the same, but a community is a community and they should be together whatever way they... Continue Reading →
Looking for some fun news in these "trying times"? Look no further than your friendly neighborhood kids at NASA: The Futurism.com headline reads, "NASA Fixes Mars Lander By Telling It to Hit Itself With a Shovel". They should call this the Mark Watney move. Follow the project on Twitter and the Official Website.
Guest: Ryan "The Hornet" Dembroski I "ran into" Ryan via the YouTube algorithm. He has an authenticity and joy he brings to everything he does and it really shines in his videos. I recommend you start with "My First Time with Two Women". Yes, it's a clickbait title, except it's sorta not 🙂 Some... Continue Reading →
Guest: Charlie Becker This is one of those wide-ranging conversations where we talk about so many things in just one hour I had to listen back to it just to make these show notes 🙂 Charlie is a real asset to the aviation community, and it's always a great time with him. We get into... Continue Reading →
I keep hearing that we need to get kids involved in XYZ. Most recently I've heard this uttered in regards to aviation. Actually, I hear it as: OMG AVIATION WILL DIE UNLESS WE GET KIDS INVOLVED. THEY JUST WANT TO STARE AT THEIR PHONES ALL DAY. THE SKY IS FALLING. I hate that. Stop saying... Continue Reading →
One of the highlights at Airventure this year was the building of and flying a VANs RV-12is in 6 days. Hard not to smile when you see an experimental built by volunteers take to the sky. https://youtu.be/v1FKOgSzJPc The one week wonder in 2014, was a Zenith 750 Cruzer which I happen to be building. Here... Continue Reading →
Every couple years a new plane is started, built, inspected and flown in a single week at Airventure. This year it will be a Vans RV-12iS. Attendees and volunteers will start construction on the openening day, July 23rd and hope to have it completed by July 29th. Even if you can't attend and help assemble... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Sebastien Heintz One of my favorite organizations, Able Flight, was featured on the SimpleFlight podcast this week. If you're feeling bombarded with bad news, don't fret, there are millions of positive stories and this is one worth taking a few minutes to follow. Take a listen and subscribe to that podcast. All the... Continue Reading →
I could watch this over and over. https://youtu.be/Z_kfM-BmVzQ
Evadot 